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Top native Cosmantha

12 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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12 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1 Part shade 1 Dappled shade 1 Full shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 2 Moist 2

Water use

Medium 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 2 Loam 2 Clay 2 Organic 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 1

Toughness

Resists

Heavy shade 1

Form

Habit

Erect 2 Multi stemmed 2 Prostrate 1 Spreading 1

Plant type

Wildflower 12 Annual 11 Ground cover 1
  • Fuzzy Phacelia Phacelia hirsuta caterpillars 2 bees 1 flowers 20
  • Smooth Phacelia Phacelia glabra caterpillars 2 bees 1 flowers 19
  • Purple Phacelia Phacelia bipinnatifida caterpillars 2 bees 1 flowers 16
  • Prairie Phacelia Phacelia strictiflora caterpillars 2 flowers 19
  • Oceanblue Phacelia Phacelia ranunculacea caterpillars 2 flowers 10
  • Brand's Phacelia Phacelia gilioides caterpillars 2 flowers 9
  • Miami Mist Phacelia purshii caterpillars 1 bees 1 flowers 28
  • Appalachian Phacelia Phacelia dubia caterpillars 1 flowers 17
  • Fringed Phacelia Phacelia fimbriata caterpillars 1 flowers 11
  • Coville's Phacelia Phacelia covillei caterpillars 1 flowers 10
  • Flatrock Phacelia Phacelia maculata caterpillars 1 flowers 7
  • Coast Phacelia Phacelia laxa

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